Andy Fitzpatrick graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor Degree in Natural Resource Management with a Minor in Environmental Policy. He spent four years working with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife in The Dalles, Oregon, and at E. E. Wilson Wildlife Refuge in Adair, Oregon. Since then he has worked with an excavating company.

Andy is currently redesigning and rebuilding a rural home nestled within a ten acre grove of Oregon white oak. His broad based interests and skills range from mechanical engineering, woodworking and welding to snowboarding, hiking and kayaking. Andy also breeds Labrador retrievers.